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I'm interested in learning more about harmony and perhaps composing something myself at some point.

Could anyone advise on a book that could help? I'm looking for something perhaps that might be assigned to first year undergraduate students of composition/music theory - something that starts pretty much from the beginning but doesn't dumb it down.

This has been discussed several times in the past. Do a search on theory books and you should be able to dig up the info. If not let us know and we'll have a go at it again.

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